Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 23
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 23 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 5.
Commemorated on December 23
- The Ten Martyrs of Crete
- St. Naum of Ohrid
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 23 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 5
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.